I'm publishing another part today because why the heck not.
A long rant is to be had folks....
So last night a college swimmer came to swim with our team, I met her when I was younger and remember her and I've watched her swim on TV. She was on our team before she went to swim for this really fast college team. So I'm a young teenager, and so this 22 year is coming to our team to practice with MY GROUP. It's actually because that college coach knows my dad and my dads the coach he wanted this college swimmer to swim with while on thanksgiving vacation. So the swim gets here, usually I'm in the fastest lane, and last night I was, so she was in our lane. One of my best guy friends on the team and freaked out at first. We were doing 75s and we joked about her lapping us. I went just a tad bit faster to not seem so slow in comparison, but it wasn't super fast. On every other 75 we were going off the blocks, and this really fast guy, not the same one I freaked out with, has the same times as her, so he was talking to here and I'm over here being my not confident about being in her lane self like "man I hope I'm that fast some day". After that we did a set named after her. My dad wrote the set on the board and our group took at picture with her. Its 4 800 IMs straight up on 12:30. It's not a hard interval, but you have to descend, or get faster each swim. So..... it's a pretty hard set. After we did relay start 50 cool downs and I got to start at the same time as her and it was awesome. At the end she was giving a speech and said this "I'm very impressed with you guys. 90% of the people on my college team couldn't finish that set." Actually said that!!!! I feel fast now. But then this happened. "She's gonna tell you a secret about this set." My dad said. I raised an eyebrow. "When I was your age and in your coach's group, I swam that set with fins." We all yelled at my dad and then he said we were done and could leave. I sometimes have to wait for my dad when he has to coach other groups and I asked him who was taking me home like I normally do. "You have to wait." I shrug, that's normal. Then he calls the college swimmer over, "hey this is my daughter" I wave a bit. "Wow you're his daughter, I remember you, you wee so sweet and short then." I laughed at that but on the inside I'm like "freak out freak out freak out because this person remembers ME, and I was a little embarrassed" but then dads like "yeah now she's fast and has AA and AAA times" and then I'm just embarrassed. That's the story of how my dad embarrassed me in front of a college swimmer.